Resinous condensation product and process of making same



so (4) Basic or alkaline bodies particularly Patented Apr. 1 4, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH V. IEIGS, OI BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO MEIGSOTD CORPORATION, 01'

JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A. CORPORATION 01! NEW JERSEY REEINOUS CONDENSATION PRODUCT AND PROCESS OF MARIN G SAME No mawing. Application filed February 8, 1923, Serial No. 617,399. Renewed December 8,1028.

The present application, like my preceding applications Nos. 517,721 and 575,648, filed Nov. 25, 1921 and July 17, 1922, respectively, deals with the production of bodies adapted for molding purposes and as substitutes for hard rubber, resins, shellac, celluloid and allied materials: and the fabrication of chemical products for other purposes all as will be hereinafter described and as claimed.

As raw materials the present invention may employ (1) carbohydrates as for example the sugars, dextrines, starches or celluloses, or derivatives of carbohydrateseor other carbohydratecontaining or yielding materials as for example glucosides, or the residue from the refining of sugars,'such for example as molasses: crude sugars or syrup as for example crude or partially refined cane or beet sugar juice.

(2) Phenols as for example ordinar phenol or carbolic acid; its homologues as or example the cresoles and xylenols; naphthols and their homologues and other members of the phenol genus.

The reaction between a carbohydrate, a base and an acid or mixture of acids may lead to the production of bodies freely soluwater. The present invention is more especially concerned with the production and manipulation of those bodies not freely soluble or insoluble in water.

The production of such diflicultly-soluble bodies, as the result of the interaction of a carbohydrate and an acid may be facilitated by the presence of a basic, base-containing or chloride, amline, aniline oxalate, aniline and potassium hydroxide etc. The base-containmg body may be merely basic in nature as for exam 1e ani ine, or it may comprise the salt of a" ase as for example aniline oxalate.

E'wamplea A. REACTIONS BETWEEN CARBOHYDRATES, Bnsns AND ORGANIC Acres (1) Glucose, rosin, aniline and water (3) Organic acids asfor example, salicylic Glucose (technical) 80 gr. acid, lactic acid, citric acid etc. and other or- Water 60 gr. ganicacids as for example acetic acid. In Rosin 60 gr. addition the esters or salts of acid bodies or Aniline 60 cc.

1 acids maybeemployed' These materials were refluxed for five hours settled, the aqueous matter drawn ofi,

containingbodies as for example aniline and t e non-aqueous, diflicultly water solu- Jammonia' isoamylamine, hydro lamine. Hexamethylenetetramine and other i inilarly i2 2 f g l reactmn {g g g i z functioning bodies: metallic hydroxides as be s R 9 mg an 0011 for examp 6 sodium hydroxide, aluminium ea mg came m hydroxide and the likeare also included. p (2) y 5 Inorganic acids", 4 w

,Tlie products of the present invention are 180 OQI" um among other aci d 40 applications, as binders for comminuted Aniline "'7 fi rous or granular filling material or contin Water 100 w.

nous filling material in the manufacture of hot-molded articles such for example as electrical insulation, phonograph records and the whereupon the reaction mixture was boiled like; as varnishes and enamels. I with water and filtered. The residue on the This mixture was refluxed for half an hour,

ble in water and bodies not freely soluble in base-yielding body as for example ammomum I Glucose 70% 1 0 Dextrin 30%l Salicylic acid 138 gr. Aniline 20 cc. Water 100 cc.

This mixture was refluxed three quarters of an hour and the water insoluble product resembled that obtained with phthalic acid.

Glucose 70%} 1 0 Dextrin 30% 'Lactic acid gr. Aniline 10 gr. Water 50 gr.

Glucose 180 gr. Ammonium citrate 120 gr. Water 100 cc.

This combination was refluxed for forty minutes. The reaction flask then contained a large amount of black, water insoluble material having resilient properties. Its use as plastic material or for other purposes is contemplated.

The reactions as described above may be modified by working at lower temperatures and with lower acid concentrations and by other means 'as for example employing the salt or ester of the acid and slowly decomposing or hydrolyzing the same during the course of the reaction. In general the more vigorous the reaction, and thelonger it continues, the more infusible and insoluble (in alcohol and similarly acting solvents) the water insoluble reaction products may become. The basic body ma greatly accelerate, (or initiate and acce era-te) the reaction.

It is probable that the acid present may exert a condensing action on the products formed, this condensing action tending toward insolubility and infusibility. The difficultly-water-soluble products of the reaction may be mixed with filling material and heated in molds to produce various molded bodies,

obtained which, as noted, although initially fusible, tends to become infusible on further heating. When the stronger acids (e. phthalic and salicylic acids) are employe bodies having, as stated, rubber-like characteristics may be produced.

In the preferred form of the present invention, the type of acidic material employed is preferably phenolic in character, as herewith shown.

B. REACTIONS or PHENOLS WITH CARBOHYDRATES Phenols, being in many or most cases very weak organic acids may react with carbohydrates in the presence of a base or base containing body in such a way-that it may be easier so to control the reaction (especially reactions carried out in the neighborhood of or above 100 C.) that initially fusible or resinous (or liquid) diflicultly-water-soluble bodies may be in the first instance produced than is the case where relatively strong organic acids are employed. It may indeed he sometimes found desirable to increase the acid strength of a mixture containing a phenol, a carbohydrate and a basic body, by adding thereto an acid stronger than the phenol, in order to accelerate the formation of resinous or plastic bodies. This may be accomplished by combining such acid body with the basic body to form a salt. Such salts are included in the term base containing and base-yielding bodies.

Examples Sucrose 300 gr. Carbolic acid 100 gr. Ammonium chloride 80 gr. Water 80 gr.

These bodies were boiled together under reflux two and one-half hours. A heavy de-. posit of black, elastic, difiicultly water soluble, thermoplastic material was produced. This, after washing with water became in- Mixture 1 was boiled until clear. No. 2 was then added and the whole refluxed ditficultly-water-soluble reaction product.

for five hours. After setting, 350 gr. of water soluble syrup and 210 gr. of oily condensation product were separated in a separatory funnel. To the aqueous product or syrup, cc. of aniline were added and refluxing continued, to see whether the aniline would induce the further formation of resinous (i. e.

diflicultly-water-soluble) bodies. Refluxing was started again and when it had proceeded an hour, it was noted that the reaction mixturewas becoming very thick. On pouring the reaction mixture into the water, the presence of a large yield ofblack,diificultly-watersoluble or resinous reaction product was observed. This was added to the original oily With or without admixture with filling material, the resinous product prepared as above became infusible when heated to about 2 130 C. and may be employed to produce molded articles. Such a process may be executed by mixing a reaction product prepared as for example by a method such as is escribed above with filling material as for example wood flour, carbon black, kieselguhr and the like and heating in a mold under pressure to a suitable temperature as for example 125-150 C. until the requisite degree of strength, infusibility and hardness is attained.

v Glucose -360 gr. Phenol 90 gr. Aniline 90 gr. Wateri 100 gr.

This mixture was refluxed for 8 hours. The reaction product was washed with an equal volume of hot water and the residue (the resinous or diificultly-water-soluble reaction products) was' dehydrated by heating to 100 C. 360 grams of product were thus obtained, which on heatin higher became-infusible. olor (in mass) was black. I

Glucose 180 gr. Water 100 gr. KOH 2 gr. Aniline 20 cc. Phenol 80 gr.

The above materials were refluxed for 5 hours. The reaction products were settled,

the-:lower'aqueous layer drawn OE and 140 gr. of crude difiicultly-water-soluble or resinous product obtained. This was a very viscous liquid, brown in thin layers. It reduced Fehlings solution and formed a silver mirror with ammoniacal silver nitrate solution. It restnre'd the pink color to fuchsin solution previously decolorized with sulphur dioxide. 1

Use of a condensin agent as applied to the Q05 dificultly-water-solu e reaction products of to 130 C. or

No. 1 was added to No.2 and the whole refluxed for three and one half hours. On seta carbohydrate, a phenol and a base containing body.

Glucose 360 gr. #1 Carbolic acid .-170 gr. Water 150 gr. Aniline 30 cc. #2 Water cc.

Oxalic acid 4 gr.

production of an initial reaction product,

preferably a fusible one, and (b) the conversion of this initial fusible reaction product into a less easily fusible, or infusible,

' form, by heating, by itself or in the presence.

of condensing agents, to elevated tempera: tures, as for example 130 degrees' centigrade or higher.

C. Rmorrons nnrwnnn Cmomnnrns AND NITROGEN Bases Carbohydrates as for example glucose appear to react readily with amino com ounds as for example aniline, with the pro action of useful reaction products. The reaction may be catalyzed by acids and may lead as indicated in subsequent examples to the formation of bodies adapted for use as plastics or for other purposes.

Ewamlea Glucose .360 gr. Aniline 150 gr. Water 125 cc. Oxalic acid r 5 gr.

This combination was refluxed 2 hours, and then washed with water.

The diificultly-water-soluble residue was a black, semisolid. Its use as accelerator of the vulcanization of rubber is contemplated. It became -rapidly infusible on heating, particularly above 125 A Glucose 360 gr. Aniline 150 gr. Water 100 gr. Phenol 20 gr.

Here it will be noted that the phenol is in very small proportion to the aniline.

This mixture was refluxed for three hours. The reaction product was diluted with water and a reddish brown, difiicultly-water-soluble gummy or resinous mass was precipitated.

On heating this resinous product it slowly hardened particularly above 100 C. On treatment with ammonium hydroxide and subsequent heating the development of hardness and infusibility was much more rapid.

Ammonia and other nitrogenous or basic bodies may exert a profound condensing action on the difiicultly-water-soluble products of reaction of saccharides, bases and acids (as for example phenols). Among such condensing agents, hexamethylenetetramine may be mentioned. j

The phrase a nitrogenous-bass-containing body or equivalent phrase may denote the mere basic body itself, or mixture of basic bodies; and may also denote substances containing or yielding a basic body, as for example salts thereof.

If desired the products of the present invention may be treated with condensing agents. These may be basic as for example ammonia or derivatives thereof as for example hydroxylamine, hexamethylenetetraminc and other condensing agents.

As commercial materials the products of the present invention may be handled in diverse forms.

The diflicultly-water-soluble initial reaction products may be marketed as such or dissolved in solvents, for use as impregnating or coating varnishes of the stoving or baking type.

Or they may be partially hardened, alone or in admixture with filling material, by means of heat,- or heat and condensing agents, and marketed as solid or semi-solid plastic material (molding compounds). That is to say the hardening of the difiicultly-watersoluble products may not necessarily be carried to the point where no further hardening takes place, but, if desired, to a partially hardened condition, as for example in the presence of filling material. In such partially hardened condition, such products may be preferably still capable of molding under heat and pressure (hot molding) to produce molded articles adapted for diverse uses as for example hard electrical insulation and other applications.

Oxidizing agents may be included among the condensing agents that may be employed, as for example a mospheric oxygen. The term condensing agent may mean an agent incorporated with or acting upon the body in question, the use of which is intended to cause or accelerate the development of hardness, strength and(or) infusibility.

When first produced by the interaction of a carbohydrate, an acid (e. g. a phenol) and a base (e. water-solu% e products of such reaction may possess some or all of the physical and chemi cal properties enumerated below, viz:

1 Reduce Fehlings solution.

2 Form a silver mirror with ammoniacal silver nitrate solution.

(3) Restore the pink color to colorized by sulphur dioxide.

(4). React with ammonia, and other basic bodies. v

(5) React with acid chlorides, as benzoyl chloride etc.

(6) React with nitric acid.

(7) Dissolve in cold concentrated sulphuric acid.

(8) At least partly decolorized or bleached by the action of reducing agents e. g. heating with alcohol and zinc dust.

(9) Decolorize dilute potassium permanganate solution.

(10) Decolorize bromine water.

(11) Give odor of phenylisocyanide on heating with alkali.

(12) Contain nitrogen as shown by elementary analysis.

(13) WVhen boiled with dilute acids and the vapor allowed to impinge upon paper moistened with aniline acetate the latter assumes a violet color.

(14) Complete or partial solubility in NaOH solution.

"(15) Complete or partial solubility in alcohol.

As the hardening or condensing action proceeds the chemical and physical reactivity of the'product may decrease with a consequent decrease in the number of characteristic properties. Nevertheless even in the intermediate and final stages, the product may retain properties as follow:

(1) Contain nitrogen.

(2) When boiled with dilute acids and the vapors allowed to impinge on paper moistened with aniline acetate, the latter assumes a violet color.

(3 Substantially insoluble in alcohol.

' (4 Color in mass, black.

(5 Heavier than water.

6) Surface black or dark blue and shiny or lustrous especially when molded in smooth molds.

(7 Infusibility to a liquid state.

The properties listed immediately above refer more especially to the product in its lateintermediate or final stages of hardening.

To recapitulate, the present invention embraces the preparation of materials suitable for plastic or other purposes by the interaction of'carbohydrates, nitrogenous material as for example nitrogen bases, and acids, particularly phenols.

The diiiiculty-water-soluble products -of such reaction may be mixed with filling mafuchsin dehexamethylene terial and the whole molded under the influa nitrogen base), the diflicultly ence of pressure and heat, and (or) condensing agents; or maybe utilized in other wa s.

Xlthough in the preferred form of the present invention as will benoted, ammonia or a primary amine may be used, the invention is not limited to such bodies, as I may employ any suitable reactive nitrogen base which will react with a carbohydrate under the conditions described, as for example in the pres ence of a phenol. The phrase .reactive nitrogen base is employed herein to characterize the nitrogenous material that may be employed.

What I claim is:

1. The process of making a resinous prod uct which comprises reacting a carbohydrate with a reactive nitrogen base and a free organic acid.

2. The process of making a resinous product which comprises reacting a carbohydrate with a reactive nitrogen base and organic acidic material and subsequently heating said resinous product to render it infusible. I

.3. The proce-ss'which comprises reactin' .a monose with a reactive nitrogen base an a phenol, whereby a resinous body is obtained.

4. The process which comprises reacting a carbohydrate with a primary amine and a phenol whereby resinous material is pro duced.

5. The process which comprises reacting a carbohydrate with a primary amine and a phenol, whereby a fusible resinous body" is produced, thereafter incorporating a hardening agent and heating, whereby an infusible resinous product is obtained.

6. Process which comprises reacting a carbohydrate, a primary amine and a phenol, whereby resinous material. is formed, and

thereafter heating the same to cause it to assume its infusible form.

7. The process of making a synthetic chemical product which comprises reacting dextrose with a reactive nitrogen base and a phenol.

8. The process of making a synthetic chemical product which comprises reacting dextrose with a reactive nitrogen base and a phenol and thereafter incorporating a condensin agent. 9. T e process of making a product adapted for use as insulating or other material which comprises reacting dextrose with a reactive nitro en base and a phenol, whereby a product cultly soluble in water is formed and subsequently heating the same to render it infusible.

10. The rocess ofmakingaproduct adapted for molding or other purposes which comprises reactin dextrose with auphenol and aniline, where y products diflic tly soluble in" water are formed. i

11. The process of makin a product adapted for insulating or 0 er purposes which comprises reacting dextrose with a phenol and aniline, whereby a product difiicultly soluble in water is formed and heating the same to render it infusible.

12. Resinous material, containing the res-. inous reaction products of a monose, areactive nitrogen base and a phenol,reacted at 100, de rees centigrade, or above.

13. hemical product, containing the resinous reaction products of a carbohydrate, a primary amine and a phenol.

14. Chemical product, containing the resinous reaction products of dextrose, a reactive nitrogen base and a phenol.

15. Chemical product, containing the resinous reaction products of dextrose, aniline and a phenol.

16. The resinous reaction product of a carbohydrate, a phenol and a reactive nitrogen base, capable of reducing Fehlings solution.

17. The resinous reaction product of a carbohydrate, a phenol and a reactive nitrogen base capable of forming a silver mirror with ammoniacal silver nitrate solution.

18. Resinous material, containing the reaction products of a carbohydrate, a reactive nitro en base and a phenol and capable of becoming infusible when heated with hexamethylenetetramine.

19. Infusible resinous material comprising the product of the action of a hardening agent on resinous material resulting from reaction between a carbohydrate, a primary amine and a phenol.

l 20. Resinous material, comprising the reaction product of a carbohydrate, a primary amine and a phenol and capable of becoming infusible -when heated with a methylene hardening agent.

21. The process of maln'ng a resinous product which comprises reacting a carbohydrate with a reactive nitrogen base and a phenol whereby resinous material is formed and sub.- iplqulelntly heating the same to render it in- 22. The dprocess which comprises reacting rate with a reactive nitrogenous a carbohy substance and a material.

23. Resinous product com rising material and the reaction pro uctof'a carbohydrate, a reactive nitrogenous substance and a phenol.

24. The process whichoomprises' reacting a monose with a henol and a substance containing the -Nfi radical, whereby resinous material is produced.

25. The process which comprises reacting a monose with a taining the 2 radical, whereby resinous material is produced, and heating thelatter,

phenol produce resinous whereby it is hardened.

26. The process which comprises reacting a monose with aphenol and a substance conhenol and a substance con taining the N1 l'. radical, whereby resinous taining' the NH radical with a carbohymaterial is produced, and heating the latter drate and heating the in edients. to render it infusible. 38. The process of ma ing a plastic resin- 27. The rocess which comprises reacting ous material which comprises reacting dex- 5 a carbohy rate with a reactive nitrogenous trose with aniline and phenol. body and a phenol, whereby resinous mate- JOSEPH V. MIEIGS. rial is produced, incorporating filling material to produce a composite product, and heating the latter under pressure to produce 10 a shaped article.

28. The process of producing a plastic resinous material capable of being hardened which comprises reacting a carbohydrate with a substance comprising a reactive basic 15 body in the presence of a phenol.

29. The process of producing a plastic resinous material which comprises reacting a carbohydrate with a reactive basic body in the presence of a phenol whereby resin 29 ous material is formed and heating the latter whereby it is hardened.

30. The process of reacting a carbohydrate with a reactive basic body in the presence of a phenol whereby resinous material is pro I 25 duced and incorporating therewith a hardening agent.

31. The process of making a plastic resinous material capable of being hardened which comprises reacting dextrose with a reactive Y basic body in the presence of a phenol.

32. The process of producing a chemical product which comprises reacting a carbohydrate with a primary aromatic amine in the presence of a phenol, whereby resinous 35 material is produced. 10c

33. The process of making a chemical product which comprises reacting dextrose with a primary aromatic amine in the presence of a phenol whereby resinous material 40 is produced.

34. The process of making a resinous material capable of becoming hard and infusible when heated, with or without hardening agents, which consists in heating together a 45 carbohydrate, a reactive basic body and a phenolic body to effect a condensation reaction between the carbohydrate and the other ingredients.

35. The process of making a resinous ma- 50 terial capable of becoming hard and infusible when heated, with or without hardening agents, which consists in heatin together a monose, a reactive basic body an a phenolic body to effect a condensation reaction be- 60 tween the monose and the other ingredients.

36. The process of making a resinous material capable of becoming hard and infusible when heated, with or without hardening agents, which consists in heating together 6 dextrose, a reactive basic body and a phenolic I body to eflect a condensation reaction between the dextrose and the other ingredients.

37. The process of making a plastic resinous material which comprises mixing a free 65 organic acid and a nitrogenous substance con- 

